Mail and parcel binder.



A. M. JAYNE.

MAIL AND PARCEL BINDER. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 17.1908.

911,820. Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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ALICE M. JAYNE, OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

MAIL AND- PARCEL BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Feb. 9,1909. 7

Application filed April 17, 1908. Serial No. 427,67.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALIoE M. JAYNE, citizen of the United States, residing at Bradford, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mail and Parcel Binders, of which the following is a specification. v I

My invention relates to improvements in mail and parcel binders.

One of the objects of my invention is to providea binder for parcels or the like which will overcome the necessity for using strings, straps, or other articles separate from the wrapper to secure the same. I 1

Another object is to provide an adjustable attachment for fastening the binder around the article after it is wrapped, which makes the one sized binder adapted to be used for packages of different sizes.

A parcel binder embodying my novel features and construotionand arrangement of parts is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the binder, and Fig. 2 is a reverse plan view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of a modified form of stay.

In these drawings the numeral 1 designates the main portion of the binder which at its sides is doubled upon itself at 2, 3 to afford covering for the ends of the parcel to be wrapped. At one end is represented one or more tongues 4 of thedesired shape which maybe an integral partof the body 1 or may be formed separately therefrom, and securely fastened thereto. These end tongue pieces 4 are provided with a series of openings 50f the proper size in which may be inserted eyelets, if desired; these openings adjustably engaging a suitabletongue 6 of flexible metal carried on the outer side of the body .1 and designed to be passed through one of the eyelets and clenched over into hook form. I Y

The binder may be constructed of paper,

means such as an adhesive to the inside of the wrapper and through which eyelets are inserted.

From the foregoing description it is thought the advantages of my invention and its many uses will be obvious. The laundryman, for instance, may use the parcel binders with his'customers names printed thereon, and thus have his several customers laundry received and returned each in the said several respective binders. The paper binders can be conveniently used for wrapping dry goods or the like; and may also be used by travelers in wrapping up separate articles of wearing apparel, and .they are especially adapted for wrapping books, periodicals or in fact any kind of a package which may ordinarily be wrapped for carriage by hand or for delivery from stores or shipment or carriage by mail. When made of paper it can be produced so cheaply as to be thrown away after use, while in cloth, leather and rubber the binder can be made cheaply and yet of a permanent character and of ornamental appearance.

Instead of providing a stay as shown at 7 secured to the wrapper I may make a plait or fold in the material of the wrapper itself as indicated at 8, in Figs. 3 and 4 to take the place of this stay.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is V A parcel wrapper comprising a plain sheet of V flexible material having side portions adapted to be folded over the article to be wrapped, a tongue at one end having a series of openings, a sheet metal clip carried by the body of the wrapper on the outside for engaging said eyes, and a reinforcing strip extending across the body and throughout the length of the tongue, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALICE M. JAYNE. Witnesses:

EDWIN E. TAIT, KATHARINE BURKE. 

